Laura Kalbag

Mental health websites don't have to sell your data. Most still do.

Written by Privacy International on Privacy International.

“In other words, whenever you visit a number of websites dedicated to mental health to read about depression or take a test, dozens of third-parties may receive this information and bid money to show you a targeted ad. Interestingly, some of these websites seem to include marketing trackers without displaying any ads, meaning they simply allow data collection on their site, which in turn may be used for advanced profiling of their users.

It is highly disturbing that we still have to have to say this, but websites dealing with such sensitive topics should not track their users for marketing purposes. Your mental health is not and should never be for sale.”

I went to add this article to the lens, then saw it goes on to recommend our tracker blocker, Better Blocker. Kismet!

Read ‘Mental health websites don't have to sell your data. Most still do.’ on the Privacy International site.

Tagged with: mental health, tracking, privacy.